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3 years after the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions, the Navy’s surface warfare community shows few signs of change
Three years after two of the most shocking peacetime accidents in the history of the U.S. military, the surface community has seen little substantive change, and surface warfare officers still lack the formal training required of professional mariners
How the Navy’s top commander botched the service’s highest-profile investigation in years
A ProPublica examination of the cases based on confidential Navy documents, emails among top officials, court records and interviews shows that the criminal prosecutions of the accidents involving the Fitzgerald and the McCain were marred by questionable decisions and egregious mistakes
Sailors Could Face Criminal Charges After Deadly Ship Collisions
Editor’s Note: This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and...
It’s A ‘Floating Prison’: USS Shiloh Sailor Surveys Reveal A Totally Demoralized Crew
When a sailor from USS Shiloh (CG-67) went missing last summer, presumably lost overboard in the Pacific, only to be...
Here Are The Major Changes Coming To The Navy After A Year Of Deadly Mishaps
It’s been a rough year the Navy’s 7th fleet, marred by four major surface mishaps for the Pacific-based armada —...
Exhausted Navy Fleet Faces A Dilemma: How To Hit ‘Reset’ While Staying On Watch
7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific forward deployed naval force, has burned itself out; the cost of this burnout is...
Navy Fires 2 More Top Officers As Investigations Into 7th Fleet Mishaps Continue
The Navy’s top admiral in charge of surface forces is retiring early, and two major 7th Fleet commanders have been...
The USS McCain Tragedy Has A Dire Impact On US Missile Defenses
Although much of America’s attention has focused on finding the causal factors behind Monday’s collision between the USS John S....
Navy IDs All 10 Missing Or Dead Sailors In McCain Tragedy, Ends Rescue Ops
The Navy on Aug. 24 publicly disclosed the identities of the 10 crewmembers lost in the USS John S. McCain...
Amid 7th Fleet Turmoil, Sailors Open Up About The Navy’s Silent Threat: Sleep Deprivation
“I don't think I can remember not being completely exhausted on watch, be it the middle of the day or...